Sensex falls over 100 pts on weak rupee, negative global cues

Mumbai: The BSE Sensex pared its early gains to fall over 100 points in late morning deals, on selling in metal, energy, capital goods, banks, financials and realty sectors amid weakness rupee as well as negative Asian cues.

Caution also crept ahead of the release of the gross domestic product (GDP) data for the June quarter today.

Asian markets declined as Wall Street ended its four-day winning streak in the last session, following a report that US President Donald Trump told his aides that he supports going ahead with the imposition of proposed tariffs on an additional USD 200 billion in Chinese goods. (PTI)